Support for curtains, draperies, and the like.



L. J. SCHNEIDER.

SUPPORT FOR cunmms, DRAPERIES, AND THE LIKE. APPLIUATIOK FILED- NOV. 9,1912.

1,056,592, Patented Mar. 18, 1913;

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surron'r non CURTAINS, naArEmEs'ANn THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and Stateof' -New York, have invented a new and provedSupportfor Curtains, Draperies,

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 8, 1812.Serial No. 780,805.

and the' Like, of which the following. is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to certain improve 'ments in supports or hangersfor curtains,

draperies, portieres, and the like, and more particularly to means forsupporting the curtain or similar article in predetermined folds orplaits.

The ordinary curtain supported by rings orin any suitable manner from astraight curtain pole, may be of greater width than the width of the.pole or may be moved toward one end of the pole so as to hang in folds,but said folds arefnot necessarily uniform or artistically arrangedunless considerable care is exercised. In hanging curtains itis oftendesirable to employ an expert to properly arrange the upper portion ofthe curtain from the support, so that it will hang in the desiredmanner.

My improved construction includes a curtain pole or bar over which thecurtain may be folded or from which it may be suspended, and theimportant feature of the construction is the. lateral dis lacement inopposite directions, of successive portions of the pole or bar so thatthe curtain in fol tomatically hang in the desired 'folds 0r plaitswithout the necessity of employing the services of an expert.

My improved device is preferably of sinuous, serpentine, or zigzag formin horizontal section, the curves or angles being of ashape and sizedependent upon the character of the curtain to be supported and thenature and number of the plaits 0r folds which it is desired to have inthe curtain. In its pre ferred embodiment the bar is supported solely atone end and extends only a portion of the distance across the window .ordoorway, so that two separate curtains in-the window or doorway may eachbe su ported on its own rod or bar. The outer or fi'ee end of each rod-may have any suitable form of ornamental head, and at the supportthere;-

is preferably suitable means for varying the elevationof the outer orfree end.

the curtain.

1 Patented Mar. 18,1913.

Iteferen'ce is to be had to the accor@anying drawings, formin v a partof this pecification, in which similar characters of ref erence indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures, andin.which- V I Figure 1 is afront elevation of a window having two of my improved curtain su-p,

ports mounted therein, oneof said'supports having a curtain suspendedtherefrom; Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the support on a larger scalethan Fig. 1 ;'Fi 3 is a perspective view of the base portion of thesupport and the adjusting means, and Fig. 4 is a detail view showing onemeans for securing a curtain to the support.

In the specific embodiment illustrated, I employ. a bar 10, of steel orother suitable metal. bent to zigzag or serpentine form in a horizontalplane. is preferably of considerably greater height than thickness, soas to give it the desired rigidity andfpermit it to support'heavycurtains. Secured to the window casing is a base plate 11, having twooutwardly-extending flanges 12, 12 thereon, spaced apart a distancesubstantially equal to thethickness of the bar.10. The bar 10 has adepending end 13 disposed between these two flanges and hasoutwardly-extending pins or projections 14, adapted to enter recesses 15in the upper ends of the flanges. The depending end 13 comes adjacent tothe lower portion of the plate 11 and may be spaced thereby by anadjusting screw 16. The

'outer end of the bar by regulating the screw 16.

The-bar itself is of a lengthsubstantially equal to the width of thecurtain which it is desired to'support, that is. the curtain whenfollowing the contour of the bar will extend substantially from one endto theothen' The strai ht'line distance be tween the two endsof he baris dependent upon" the portion of. the window or doorway which it isdesired to cover or fill by In the specific form shown in the drawings,the bar has five substantially semi-circular loops or curves projectingoutwardly, so as to hold the curtain in five rounded loops, but it is,of course, evident In cross section the bar 4 Y 12, and the bar may bethreaded into a loop to which a 'i s desired that the same beplaited orfolded. j

.I hanging a curtain on my improved device, it-xis not necessary toemploy any'pins, rings, or other fastening devices, nor is it necessary,to stand 'upon a step-ladder or other support while arranging thecurtain upon the bar. The bar may be readily lifted upwardly and removedfrom its engagement with the supporting flanges I2,

' or hem 17 in the upper portion of the curtain, as shown in Fig. 4, Itis not necessary .to exercise any skill or care in properly positioningthe curtain as only one edge of the curtain comes closely adjacent tothe depending end 13 of the bar; the remainder of the curtain will ofnecessity occupy the proper position along the length of the bar. Itdoes not require any measuring or apportioning of the upper edge of thecurhave any, suitable form of detachable brnamental head 18, as shown inFigs. 1 and'2, which will not only give the construction a finishedappearance but will prevent the extreme'portion of the curtain fromslipping off the free end of the bar.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: I

1. A support for curtains, draperies, and

V the like, comprising a bar of substantially uniform cross section andbent to sinuous 1 form in a horizontal plane, means for supportingsaid-bar at one end with the opposite end free, and means'cooperatingwith said supporting means for tilting said bar to vary the elevation ofsaid freeend.

2. A support for curtains, draperies, and

the like,comprising a bar having a curtainsupporting body portion and adepending. terminalportion at an angle to said bodyportion,outwardly-projecting pins adjacent the intersection of saiddepending portion and said body portion, a supporting plate havingspaced flanges having recesses to receive said pins, and means foradjusting the lower end of said depending portion in respect to saidplate to vary the elevation of the outer or free end of said bar.

3. "In combination, two separate curtainsupporting rods projectingtoward each other from opposite sides of a Window or doorway and havingtheir adjacent ends spaced apart, said rods havingtheir body portions ofzigzag or sinuous form and having their opposite ends detachablysupported, and independent means cooperating with said supports forvarying the elevation of the two adjacent ends of said rods.

4. A support for curtains, draperies and the like, comprising a rod orbar bent to sinuous or zig-zag form in a horizontal plane to support thecurtain with the-latter following the contour ofthe bar and hanging infolds or plaits correspondingt the lateral displacement of succexiveportions of the bar and a bracket for supporting said bar solely at oneend and preventing lateral displacement of the opposite free end, saidbracket permitting the removal of the rod or bar upon a 'verticalmovement of the latter in respect to the bracket.

Signed at Brooklyn in the county of Kings and State of New York this 6thday of November A. D. 1912.

LOUIS J. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM A. HAMM,

ERNEST W. Sommrnn.

